Citizen critics: “This is 40”

Judy Trussell

A retired management analyst, 66, she lives in Lakeside.

Liked: This is a follow-up to Judd Apatow’s earlier movie “Knocked Up”; it has the same characters, Debbie (Leslie Mann) and Pete (Paul Rudd). It shows the difficulties they face when growing older; they do a lot of bickering and fighting, even over Debbie’s age — she’s says it’s 38, when it’s really the same as his, 40. Albert Brooks plays Pete’s deadbeat dad; he’s the type of character that you love to hate. John Lithgow is Debbie’s estranged father; she hasn’t seen him in seven years — he left when she was 8 years old and now has a younger family with problems. It tells the difficulties of raising two daughters and the problems they are having with both of their businesses.

Disliked: The foul language was overdone. It needed stronger editing — the movie was almost 2 hours, 15 minutes, and could easily have been 30 or 45 minutes shorter.

Would I recommend it? Yes. There was still a lot to laugh about, especially at Pete’s 40th birthday party.